Corporate Social Innovation Programs
Growing Resilient Communities
Ending poverty in disadvantaged communities
Matchmaking Summit
GuideWell M&A & Venture Capital companies speed dating event with national emerging health-tech companies
Scale Up Accelerator
8-week Health Tech cohort of (11) second stage woman-owned health tech companies
Talent & Culture
Opportunity Management
From Idea to Market - the venture design process funnel defines opportunities to validate and launch healthcare products and services for in-state and national markets
GuideWell Employee Innovation Hub
"Innovation Portfolio Management Portal" for enterprise level tracking and management of programs and employee ideas
Innovation Spark
"Gamified" self-paced corporate innovation learning program for employees to submit and validate ideas anytime.
Innovation Leadership
"Innovation Leadership" training with practical hands on workshops & training taught by prominent innovation thought leaders & authors of today
Blue Cube
"Department Specific" innovation management and operational excellence engine, designed for the service and PIO department to improve experiences for customers and employees
Employee Challenges
"Open Employee Innovation" annual challenges solicit employee ideas that solve or influence focused areas of enterprise strategy
Economic Development
WV Hive Business Incubator Ecosystem
The West Virginia Hive (WV Hive) is an interconnected entrepreneurship support program developed under the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), serving 13 counties in southern West Virginia.
I founded the Hive in 2015 with local, state and federal partners. Headquartered in Beckley, the WV Hive offers resources and guidance to help entrepreneurs and small businesses start, grow, and thrive in the whatever region of the state they are in.
I founded the Hive in 2015 with local, state and federal partners. Headquartered in Beckley, the WV Hive offers resources and guidance to help entrepreneurs and small businesses start, grow, and thrive in the whatever region of the state they are in.
Intra-state Crowdfunding Legislature
Collaboration with 20 other Non-Profits and Economic Development Agencies lobbied and unanimously passed HB 2615, allowing un-accredited investors to invest up to $10,000 in local startups, opening alternative risk capital for in-state businesses
Country Roads Angel Network
The missing piece of the entrepreneurial financing ecosystem in WV was galvanizing angel investor network for young startups looking to level up
CAMP S.T.E.A.M
Founded week long "Camp STEAM" - West Virginia's premiere camp for high school students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.